Dressed in suits and with instruments in tune, 23 college students took center stage and prepared to play before the crowd in the USU Plaza del Sol Performance Hall on Oct. 6. The light reflecting off their polished brass added to the anticipation as they waited for the director to motion their start. As the music began to flow seamlessly and the melodies started to harmonize, the director stepped aside and allowed the students to take it away, returning occasionally… Read more

Visitors were able to tour a post-war Los Angeles through an African-American perspective during a celebration of jazz and the opening reception of a photography exhibit Sunday in the VPAC. The Miles Davis Experience  featured a jazz production by the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet.  The performance chronicled not only the work of Davis, but the historical context that surrounded the jazz music scene during that decade. From the poem “Trumpet Player” by Langston Hughes, “The Negro, With the trumpet at his… Read more

Shannon Krajewski, associate director marketing and programs for the USU, discussed the FAQ that would go on its new Student Recreational Center material and revealed some information in doing so. The SRC website stated the $130 membership fee will be included as part of the USU fee, bringing the total fee to $250. Krajewski revealed that students will not be able to opt out of the SRC membership fee and that the fee will also be applied to graduate and… Read more

The Canada Border Services Agency (Canada Customs) arrested an American citizen in June after searching and finding lolita manga, Japanese comics illustrating children in erotic situations, on his laptop. In accordance with Canadian customs statutes, any sexual images of characters that appear to be underage can be treated as child pornography. The man, in his mid-twenties, faces a year in Canadian prison and registration as a sex offender. “I don’t think he should have been arrested if it was just… Read more